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Imaginedvl on 18 February 2024
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Wman1996 said:

Xbox is now claiming that the next Xbox (it's now confirmed Series X/S won't be the last) will be the largest generational leap of all-time. I do not understand that strategy. Xbox already has broad support for PC gaming, so why worry about a powerful console that will still fall short of some very powerful gaming PCs? Software and Game Pass will sell Xbox consoles, not big specs.
If we find out that Nintendo's upcoming platform is one of their biggest (if not biggest) leap in specs of all-time, what is the point? Is Nintendo really going to benefit from a docked Switch 2 that would outperform a Series S and get closer to a PS5? Nintendo customers (whether adults buying for themselves or for family members) typically come for the Nintendo software, a little bit of the third-party, and some Nintendo charm/quirks. Nintendo will just pass the costs onto us. A Switch 2 that is more powerful than Series S would probably be at least $500 USD. I really don't want that, especially if it's the only way to get Switch as a hybrid without a cheaper hybrid SKU.
Gaming PCs long ago outpaced consoles, there's no use in trying to get way closer to them if the price is too high.

When will people understand that a console covers different needs? I am a PC gamer first, but I have 4 Xboxes in the house... And I would never/ever give up on them, and I'm definitely looking forward for the next Xboxes, Switch, Play Station, every generation.

Consoles are just so much easier to set up; they are plug-and-play; you do not need to update your drivers, and do all the things required on PC; people can just start the controller and play their games right away, The games are (for the Series X at least) looking very good and do not require spending a lot of money, etc...

And people coming up with, "Well, you can set up your PC with (for instance) Big View (Steam) or any other thing like that, making it usable with a controller, etc..."; well those are a lot of steps that need to be done and even then you won't get what console offers. Setting up a PC to do what a console do (the simplicity) is just a pain and whenever you want to change something you need a keyboard etc.. And it is just not what most people wants from their gaming device plugged to a TV. This is why consoles are so popular. 

The majority of console users want that simplicity over those framerate/ray tracing/being able to do something else than  playing games, the PC offers.